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I wouldn't advise anyone to ride it because I don't think the roads are safe. But that story doesn't stack up, not against my experience, anyway.
Firstly the road trains aren't the problem, it's all the other drivers. The road trains are professional drivers who might be in a hurry but they're not crazy. If he's an aussie, has he never seen road trains before? They have them on other roads as well as the nullarbor. Maybe he's only ever been in the densely populated bits of the east.
Secondly, the road across the Nullarbor has very light traffic, so it's comparatively ok. Like a hundred or so vehicles per day. I would be happy to ride that bit again. The scary bit is when you leave the uninhabited desert and enter normal Ausralian roads after you've passed Port Augusta. That's the bit that is dangerous and which I woudn't ride. It gets worse the further east you get.
Seems odd.
The event is much more low key now. Jesse isn't involved, theere's no official orgniser, its just a Dunwich Dynamo type ride. I think Jesse couldn't get organisers liability insurance after Mike was killed so had to close it down as an official thing.